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  1. Albion

    Disagreements between Catholics and Protestants

    No.
  2. Albion

    Disagreements between Catholics and Protestants

    Obviously, the people who opt for the "lone wolf Christian" approach think that way, but they couldn't be more wrong and unscriptural when doing so, even if they have good intentions.
  3. Albion

    Disagreements between Catholics and Protestants

    Ah. I didn't realize that you'd made this decision final. But because you have, you're making progress and we're happy for you. :)
  4. Albion

    Disagreements between Catholics and Protestants

    Unless it's a cult (and I won't name the obvious examples) ALL the different denominations, whether Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant, are part of the Body of Christ. With people who refuse to join any community or assembly of Christians, however, it's not so clear. At best, they amount to...
  5. Albion

    Disagreements between Catholics and Protestants

    Well, that wasn't the point I was addressing. Whether you currently are a Catholic in good standing OR if you are not in good standing... if you were to decide on the Catholic Church after considering the Lutheran church, you would have to become a Catholic in good standing. And if you did...
  6. Albion

    Disagreements between Catholics and Protestants

    Other than for a technical exception in the case of the Eastern Orthodox, that's what the Catholic Church says about every church that isn't one of its own. If the pastor isn't a Roman Catholic, then he is deemed to be incapable of absolving sins. If you aren't a Roman Catholic in good...
  7. Albion

    Disagreements between Catholics and Protestants

    Hmmm. I would guess that attending a Lutheran service of Holy Communion would leave you feeling approximately the same way as you do at a Catholic Mass, then. If so, a non-denominational church would be a way of solving the "problem," that's right. But so also would a score of denominational...
  8. Albion

    Disagreements between Catholics and Protestants

    Hello, Faith. I'm sorry that this has caused you such stress, but on the other hand, I have to commend you on caring about sound doctrine. There are innumerable people who pick a church on the basis of something trivial and aren't concerned at all when it comes to a matter of doctrine. If what...
  9. Albion

    Your political views

    That's what I think, too, but Libertarian anarchists and Marxist anarchists imagine other scenarios in which social order survives thanks to something about how human nature will operate in the absence of government coercion. (on that point they obviously differ). Well, the presumption is that...
  10. Albion

    Your political views

    That doesn't seem to be the idea that is held by either Libertarian anarchists OR Left-wing anarchists. Both of them talk about working towards having no government. However, mainstream libertarians and conservatives both want less government.
  11. Albion

    When do you send out Christmas cards?

    If I'm paying attention, I'd say early December. But that's not the biggest problem. Over the past several years, it seems that sending out Christmas cards at all has become a dying tradition. There probably are several reasons. The cost of postage has risen dramatically in the past decade or...
  12. Albion

    The Word Trinity not in scripture? I believe it is.

    In Scripture, that expression ('the word') refers either to Holy Scripture or to Christ himself. As I was trying to say in the previous post, the second person of the Trinity who incarnated as Jesus of Nazareth then had two complete natures, divine and human. What you are saying here sounds at...
  13. Albion

    The Word Trinity not in scripture? I believe it is.

    Most people get fewer than that because you are talking there about the two natures of Christ, not the nature of God, i.e. the Trinity. Or else it's about names given to Jesus in the Bible. The word and the Man refer to Jesus, but Father and the Spirit quite clearly refer to other persons of...
  14. Albion

    Baptism in Jesus’ name, Trinitarian style.

    QFT
  15. Albion

    Baptism in Jesus’ name, Trinitarian style.

    While we're thinking of all these things, here's another. This forum is supposedly closed to posters who do not adhere to the Nicene Creed-- Christian Theology Post thread Forum for Christians (who agree with the Statement of Faith as defined by the Nicene Creed) to discuss Theology with other...
  16. Albion

    Baptism in Jesus’ name, Trinitarian style.

    In other words, there's a lot that's wrong with the claims that were posted earlier and which deal in one way or another with that subject. For instance: 1) As you noted here, there wasn't anyone recognized as a Pope figure at the time being referred to. 2) The bishop of Rome who was alleged...
  17. Albion

    Which denomination best resembles the Church of the 1st Century?

    Should I have said that to you when you relied upon the Catholic Encyclopedia and Wikipedia to try to verify some of your claims??
  18. Albion

    Which denomination best resembles the Church of the 1st Century?

    If you think there's a point here, it seems as though you should explain it in more detail rather than just make mention of it. We all know that the first Christians used homes for their meetings, and also that the earliest believers still attended synagogue which no Christian does today...
  19. Albion

    Which denomination best resembles the Church of the 1st Century?

    House churches prevailed until Christian communities could have their own, separate church buildings. So, there's nothing special about that characteristic in my view. However, it is a characteristic, so that's a fair answer to the question...in part. But the question asks about the...
  20. Albion

    Which denomination best resembles the Church of the 1st Century?

    Let's try to resurrect this topic. What denomination TODAY do you think most closely resembles the First Century Church? Why? For purposes of this question, no judgment is made concerning whether a denomination is better or worse than any independent congregation. It's just a reference that...
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